BC’s French School District Is Suing the Province. Again. – The Tyee

Dec 2, 2024

It’s about where kids learn. Here’s how we got here.

More than four years after the Supreme Court of Canada declared that B.C. owes its francophone school district 19 additional, renovated or expanded school buildings, the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique and the province are back in court.

B.C. is home to 60 different school districts. Fifty-nine of these districts are organized regionally. The CSF is the 60th. It’s responsible for administering French-language public education provincewide, in 47 schools.

The CSF is currently suing the province alongside four regional school districts for the remaining school sites the 2020 ruling determined they are owed under Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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